What We Do

Defending our rights in the courts

Defending our rights in the courts

We are the nation’s leading civil liberties advocate in the Supreme Court. With over 200 staff attorneys and an extensive network of cooperating attorneys, we handle thousands of cases each year on behalf of clients whose rights have been violated.

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Empowering communities across the U.S.

Empowering communities across the U.S.

We protect your freedom through a nationwide network of staffed offices in every state, Washington, D.C., and Puerto Rico.

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Influencing public policy with a powerful voice

Influencing public policy with a powerful voice

Our legislative advocates are a constant presence in federal and state governments, working with policy makers to ensure the necessary laws exist to protect our civil rights.

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Take Action

Tell your senator to co-sponsor the Dream Act

Call on your senator to co-sponsor the Dream Act and protect the 800,000 young people at risk of losing their legal status.

Remove symbols that celebrate the Confederacy and slavery

We partnered with Color Of Change to tell elected officials to take down Confederate symbols.

End dangerous conditions in Nebraska prisons

Nebraska's prisons are overcrowded. We must take action now to end mass incarceration state by state.

Jeff Sessions is wrong about the War on Drugs

Sessions wants to drag us back to the darkest days of the War on Drugs with his new policy recommendations. Take action now.

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